RandyLoo's Blog

I can't wait to hear the first nasty or snide comment! I know you lefties are chomping at the bit to say something here. Give it your best shot! The first one of you to say they "support the troops but not the war" is a tired old hack and should stop towing the party line!*lol* Come on, the lady dared you! Come to think of it, I dare you too!

No, no snide comments here! These men stand there as proud testimony to the fact they believe in what they are doing, and therefore we should too! After all, why should we whine? It's their butts on the line not ours! This is an image of what a true patriot does - stand in any country, raise our flag and defend what we believe.

Too bad some in this country are too ashamed to even face the flag and say the "Pledge of Allegience!"

I support our troops 150% and really feel for them AND their families. At least when the flag comes in the room all of our service men and women have the respect to salute it and not stand there like a statue and we all know who I'm talking about here.

These men and women are doing a job that most of us don't want to or can't do. GOD bless them and GOD bless us if that yahoo gets into office. I recently saw a piece of video where he said he refused to salute the flag or say our pledge. What kind of American is he? Or should I ask, what country is he acutally standing for? He is a horendous example of a US citizen and on his beleifs alone I can't beleive that he has even made it into office anywhere except maybe as head dog catcher.....

Source: DOD

FACT: Total # of active military personnel in 2003===1,423,348

FACT: Total # of active military personnel in 2007===1,380,082 (2007 is latest credible source I could find, 2008 to be released next month by DOD)

DOD website says recruiting/enlistment is above average..if that's the case reenlistment must be down.
The issue with you "conservatives" you have blinders on. You don't look at both sides.

Ok...did we go back to not getting email notices? Where did all these replies come from?!*lol*

erik,

Come back when you have numbers for enlistment goals. Then you can do your math. I notice you didn't have any nasty or snide comments to make about those who reenlisted. Good boy!

The trouble with you "liberals" is you state partial facts and then make up the rest to suit you. Sometimes you only need to hear a bell to know it's been rung. You don't have to see the bell or the hammer!

As an American born and bred it really upsets me when I see people disrespecting our country and our flag. Hundreds of thousands of our Americans have given the ultimate sacrifice for our country some of my ancestores included. They did this to give us the rights and freedoms we have here, freedom of speech being one of them. These men and women are putting their life on the line for us every single day and they deserve to be respected and honored as none others can. Obama wants to be president of our country but won't respect our flag and that is just like a slap in the face to all that are fighting and that have died for us. How dare he disrespect our country like that! Our service men and women are some of the bravest men and women in the world and they should be respected every day for doing what they are doing for us. Giving us the freedom to respond here, worship as we see fit, and celebrate our freedom. I would gladly hug every soldier for doing what he or she is doing. God bless each and every one and may they come home soon. ALIVE!!

erik,

I never doubted your number. I said you left out the "enlistment goals"! You know, the number that would explain if the recruiting/enlistment acuyally is above average as you doubted. Shows how you only read part of what I said. Hence the "partial facts" comment I made.

"Blinders On" I am seeing what I am seeing, proud soldiers in unison taking the oath to serve OUR Nation. I don't care if the enlistment is down or up ...I am looking at this one scene, nothing more and nothing less. It is these soldiers, in this hall, on 7/4/2008 that is the focus.
So Erik stand up and give them a big round of applause and don't look at those DOD facts for the moment...that is for another blog in time.

I don't know all that much about world affairs. I don't know if we were duped into this war or if the need was geniune. Since we didn't uncover weapons of mass destruction or Obama Bin Laden in Iraq. And afterall, people in that part of the world have been fighting and killing each other for thousands of years and probably will not be stopping any time soon. But I'm pretty sure that most Americans were all for this War at least at first based on the information we were given.

But if I may add my small input, which is that my daughter has served one tour in Irag already driving in the convoys that travel throughout that desolate place. And now she is here with me on leave for 30 days prior to re-deployment on "Stop-Loss" status for a minimum of 15 months. Her attitude is positive. I'm not so sure I would be so brave.

I like the original theme of this blog. That all of those young, and some not so young, men and women who serve deserve to be honored. On that I think we all can agree. My daughter tells me that she is humbled by the warm reception she got out in public when she traveled back home. Let's continue to show that individual support to them when we get the chance. We never know which ones will make it back home and which ones will not. They need those handshakes and pats on the back.